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Overcoming Self-Doubt
There are times when I am plagued with self-doubt. This seems to manifest when I waver in decision making. Or, when I lack trust that I intuitively know what to do in a situation. Sometimes, I trust people who are untrustworthy. My self-doubt comes through and I of...
Are You Emotionally Competent?
What is emotional competency? It is the ability to get along well with others. Being able to get along with others is an important skill in life. It’s not okay to fly off the handle and verbally unload on another. That is a form of abuse. But not everyone has the...
You Are What You Think About
Ralph Waldo Emerson said the above quote - we become what we think about. (Once, Tony Robbins tweeted this, someone else tweeted back, “I'm about to turn into fudge brownie ice cream.”) I thought that was funny. And then I realized, how much truth there was in both...
How To Reserve Judgment When We Lack Perspective
The most important part of maintaining serenity is our ability to have a good perspective. Let’s face it - it’s hard to keep our perspective when life isn’t going our way. Perspective is how we see the world and the events that happen to us. It shapes how we view...
How To Work Through Jealousy
Jealousy and Envy are bummer emotions Did you ever realize that the word “lousy” is contained in the word ‘jealousy’? That’s because jealousy can really make a person feel just that - lousy! I hate jealousy! It was an emotion that used to often plague me when I was...
How To Keep A Positive Perspective
Perspective: It’s so necessary and important to have a positive perspective. However it’s not always easy to do. If we expect to have any kind of serenity in life, it's going to depend upon our ability to have and keep a good perspective. Let’s face it - it’s hard...
Why It’s Spiritual To Attract Great Abundance
I have had great spiritual experiences with the concept of abundance. Abundance, at its core, means “a very large quantity of something.” Abundance is to have plenty - almost more than what is actually needed. For years I lived in lack rather than abundance, always...
How Do You Know When To Make A Change?
I am sometimes asked, how do you know when it’s time to make a change in life? It’s a great question. I don’t know when we actually know it’s time to change - but this is my best answer: "When staying where you are becomes more painful than making the change. When...
How to Accept Grace In Our Lives
Grace means favor, acceptance or, in its purest form, approval. Sometimes defined as ‘unmerited Divine kindness,’ it's mentioned at least 69 times in the Torah (first five books of the Hebrew Bible, called Old Testament by Christians). Sometimes the word ‘grace’ is...